PALATINATE-ZWEIBRüCKEN

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'Palatinate-Zweibrücken' () is a former state of the Holy Roman Empire. Its capital was Zweibrücken.

Contents
Overview
List of Counts Palatine of Zweibrücken
House of Walramids
See also

Overview


The first mention of Zweibrücken can be dated to 1170. The County of Zweibrücken was created in 1182, as a division of the County of Saarbrücken. After the death of Eberhard, the last Count of Zweibrücken from the Saarbrücken line, the County fell to the Elector Palatine Rupert II of Wittelsbach.
Palatinate-Zweibrücken became a separate entity again in 1444 when Stefan, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken divided his territory between his sons. Louis I received the now-Duchy of Zweibrücken and the County of Veldenz.
The Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken ceased to exist in 1801, when it was annexed by France. After the Congress of Vienna, in 1815, it was returned to the last Duke, King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, who joined it with other Bavarian territories on the left bank of the Rhine to form the Rhenish Palatinate.

List of Counts Palatine of Zweibrücken



House of Walramids


11821237: Henry I

12371282: Henry II

12821309: Walram I

13091311: Simon

13111366: Walram II

13661394: Eberhard
=== House of Wittelsbach ===

13941398: Rupert II, in personal union with the Electoral Palatinate

13981410: Rupert III, in personal union with the Electoral Palatinate and (from 1400) with the Kingdom of Germany

14101459: Stefan

14591489: Louis I ''the Black''

14891490: Caspar

14901514: Alexander ''the Lame''

15141532: Louis II ''the Younger''

15321569: Wolfgang

15691604: John I ''the Lame''

16041635: John II ''the Younger''

16351661: Frederick

16611681: Frederick Louis

16811697: Charles XI of Sweden, in personal union with the Kingdom of Sweden

16971718: Charles XII of Sweden, in personal union with the Kingdom of Sweden

17181731: Gustav Samuel Leopold

17311734: ''interregnum''

17341735: Christian III

17351775: Christian IV

17751795: Charles II August

17951825: Maximilian I, in personal union with the Electorate of Bavaria

See also



House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, the Royal House of Sweden from 1654 to 1720 .

Palatinate

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